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There appears to be a daily train from Madrid to Sahagun. Looks like the bus only runs once a week.
But if you go to Medina de Rioseco, it is a lovely city and the walk from there along the canal is beautiful
Hi, it is called Hostal Avante, good rooms & quiet when we were there. Restaurant as well that provided us with a meal after regular hours. Will add a kilometre or so to a long day but we were happy to have a place!
Hi, it is called Hostal Avante, good rooms & quiet when we were there. Restaurant as well that provided us with a meal after regular hours. Will add a kilometre or so to a long day but we were happy to have a place!
Staying in Puente Duero tonight and the hospitalero is Arturo who is the president of the Amigos in Valladolid and according to him all albergues between here and Sahagun are now open with the exception of one. And he taught us how to make a tortilla 👍.
Incredible albergue experience today
so far we have stayed in 1 albergue (Alcazaren-excellent but only a microwave for cooking) and with Ray y Rosa in Manzanares, beautiful little cabin with wonderful people. First day we walked to Tres Cantos & took the train back to Madrid. We have stayed in hotels/hostels the rest of the way...
Thank you for this update, I was becoming quite worried about some of the stages after Segovia as some towns have no other options. We had met with the amigos in Madrid and they told us all albergues were closed but perhaps they only meant the ones in the area around Madrid.
Will provide an...
Currently walking, will be in Segovia by tomorrow. Accommodation is a real problem with all albergues closed. Many hotels have no vacancies and prices are high so far.
However it is a wonderful walk
Thank you for the link, we are hoping to walk the Levante next spring. I briefly found your PDF for the Levante but then promptly lost it… would you be able to provide the link again? Many thanks!
Really sorry to hear about this happening to you.
We’ve been lucky so far but as a precaution we always put our backpacks in our freezer for a few days once we get home.
Shoes are so important! I have worn out many pairs of Oboz, and never had problems with them until my last pair went to get them at MEC (150 km away) but my size was out of stock, so they said no problem, we will send you a pair. Which they did. Right shoe, right size but it didn’t quite fit...
Yes, the way marking is excellent, although we did manage to get royally lost in the olives lol
We did walk the original route through Pinos Puente, not so fun on the highway for the first bit but then excellent once we got on the trail.
Loved the hostel in Moclin! I was so tired from the long...
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